Sanitary closet-seat.



J. H. MILLER.

SANITARY CLOSET SEAT. APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, I915. 1 177 127, Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETS SHEET I.

J. H. MILLER.

SANITARY CLOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, 1915.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- lwuamto'p JOHN H. MILLER. OF CHECAGO, ILLINOIS.

SANITARY CLOSET-SEAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Closet-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in sanitary toilet seats, the primary object of my invention being the provision of a mechanism forsupplying the cally locked when in the seat, the roll being suitably supported at one side of the seat in sucha manner that it maybe drawn across the seat to successively bring its seat covering portions over the seat with the opening therein in alinement with the opening of the seat.

a A still further object of my invention consists in the provision of suitable housings beingJ disposed one at each side of the seat, one eing adapted to support :the roll of paper providing the seat coverings and the other to receive the used seat coverings as they are drawn from the seat after use.

In this connection, a still further object of my invention consists in the provision in the latter casing of means for engaging one end of the'sheet and for winding the sheet to draw it across the seat and unwind it from the roll containedin the other casing.

- A still further object of my invention consists in providing means for tensiomng the portion "of the protective sheet exte'nding across the seat and-.for preventing looping of the sheet as it is drawn intot e second casing. And a yet further object of my invention consists in providing the casings with hinged closures which will be automatiin position and which when open,:may permit ready access to the rolls containedin the casings, one of these Specification of Letters iEatent.

in Figs. 1 and Patented Mar. 28, 1916..

Application filed August 21, 1915. Serial No. 46,602;

closures preferably carrying the winding roll in order to more fully expose such roll and render it readily accessible.

, Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device applied to a conventional form of toilet seat, Fig. 2 is acentral transverse sec-' tional view, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device, Fig. dis a perspective view of the casing inclosing the winding drum and showlng the casing in open position and the winding drum removed therefrom, Fig. 5 is an enlarged end elevation of the casing shown in Fig. 4, the driving mechanism being shown in dotted lines, Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken axially of the winding drum.

,In orderto insure a clear and accurate understanding of my invention, I have illustrated it in connection with a conventional form f hopper 10 having the usual seat 11 formed with an opening 12. My invention broadly comprehends the provision of a paper holding casing 12, a paper receiving casing 13 and a roll of paper 14, the roll being preferably equal in width to the length of the seat in order to completely cover the same as it is drawn across it and being formed at spaced intervals with-openings 15 corresponding to and adapted to aline with the opening 12ofthe seat.

The casings l2? and 13 are greatly similaranconstruction and each includes a semicylmdrical body portion 16 having closed ends 17 and provided at its inner side with either separately or integrally formed spaced wings 18 adapted to be secured by screws'or other fastening devices 19 to the lower face of the seat, one casing being, of course, secured at each side of the seat and in parallel -relation to the other. Substantially semi-cylindrical covers 20 are hinged as shown at 21 to opposite edges of the casings, being proportioned to close the casings when swung to the position shown 2 of the drawings, there being a longitudinally extending slot 22 provided immediately adjacent the sides of the seat and extending throughout the length of the casings and through which the strip or sheet of paper forming the roll is adapted to pass. Each of the covers 20 is formed adjacent its free edge and at its ends with downwardly directed resilient tongues 23 which either carry pins or have instruck portions 24 adapted to engage in perforations or depressions 25 formed in the end walls of the casings when the covers are closed to lock the covers in place.

The roll of paper 14 is either supplied wound upon a mandrel or core 26 or such mandrel or core is provided to be inserted in the roll when the latter is to be used. The roll is positioned in the casing 12 in the usual manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, cylindrical pins 26" carried by brackets 26 secured to the inner face of the covers 20, engaging the ends of the core 26. The paper drawn from the roll will be drawn from the lower portion thereof upwardly through the slot 22 of such casing and across the seat 11. In order to prevent upward riding of the roll of paper in the casing 12 and also as a means for tensioning the paper as it is drawn from such roll, 1 provide arcuate clips 27 secured at dne end to the inner face of the cover 20 near its hingededge and carrying at their free ends,

a cross pin 27.- engaging over he upper peripheral face of the roll. These spring clips should be of such resiliency as to remain in engagement with the roll until it is nearly used up.

Mounted in the upper portion of the casing 13 and immediately below the slot 22 in the cover thereof, is a perforating roller 28 which extends longitudinally of the casing and parallel to the side of the seat and the free end of the paper is passed through the slot 22-and over this roller. Brackets 29 are secured to the inner face of the cover 20 of the casing 13 adjacent the ends thereof in such a manner as to depend into the casing when the cover is closed and a receiving mandrel or core 30 is journaled at its ends upon trunnions 31 and 32 projecting inwardly from these brackets, the latter of these 7 trunnions being rotatable in the bracket and having a squared end engaging in a correspondingly formed socket in the mandrel 30. This latter trunnion 32 be tween the bracket 29 and another bracket 29' forming a housing carries a pinion 33 which meshes with a gear 35 carried by a shaft 36 journaled in the brackets 29 and 29, a hand crank 37. being secured to the outer end of the shaft '36. The shaft 36 further carries a ratchet wheel 35- and a pivotally mounted pawl 39 supported by the bracket 29 is held in engagement with this wheel by a leaf spring 40' also secured to the bracket.

As best shown in Figs. 1 and 4: of the drawings, the front end wall of the casing 13 is formed with an arcuate slot 41 to receive the shaft 36 when the closure of said casing is swung into operative position and under these circumstances, the bracket 29 acts as a closure to fully protect the paper which may be wound upon the mandrel 30.

In use, a roll of paper is positioned in the casing 12' as previously explained, and its free end drawn across the seat and passed outwardly through the slot 22 and beneath the idler roller 28. The free end of this paper is then secured about the mandrel 30 in any suitable manner, either by fastening devices, or by being merely wound about the mandrel a few times and the hand crank 37 is turned in a clockwise direction to wind the paper about the mandrel 30 until an opening in the paper is brought in alinement with the opening in the seat when the device is ready for use. After use, the crank is further turned to bring the next successive opening in the paper into alinement with the opening in the seat. It will therefore be clear that a fresh covering is provided for the seat by the same means utilized 7 in removing the old covering.

I do not, of course, wish to be limited to the use of paper, as any suitable material may be employed. I prefer, however, to use oiled paper of relatively light weight or a paper of absorbent type similar to that commonly employed in the manufacture of paper towels.

At this point, it should be noted that inasmuch as the casings are both secured to the seat, the seat may be raised whenever necessary without disturbing the paper covering or the casings which swing with the seat and which will return to normal position when the seat is again lowered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An attachment for toilet seats including casings adapted to extend longitudinally of the sides of the seat and be secured thereto, covers for the casings hingedthereto, a roll of seat covering material located in one of the casings and formed at spaced intervals with openings adapted to aline with the seat opening, one end of the roll of covering material being drawn through the space between the casing and the free edge of its cover across the seat and extended in the opposite casing through the space between it and its cover, and a receiving roller mounted in the second casing, the receiving roller being supported by the cover to swing outwardly therewith when the cover is open.

2. An attachment for toilet seats including caslngs'adapted to extend longitudinally of the sides of the seat and to be secured carried by the covers and extending into the casings when the covers are closed for supporting rolls of paper.

3. An attachment for toilet seats including casings adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the seat, a roll of covering material mounted in one casing, closures for the casings, the strip of covering material extending from the roll across the seat into the other casing, paced housings forming brackets depending from the cover of the second casing near one end thereof and an additional bracket depending from the same cover adjacent the other end thereof, a shaft carrying a Winding roll journaled between certain of the brackets, a crank handle journaled in one of the brackets and extending beyond the casing through a slot in the end thereof, and coacting gears between the hand crank and shaft housed between the adjacent brackets.

In testimony whereof I afilx my signature.

JOHN H. MILLER. [1 5. 

